This course shows entry to mid-level Visual Studio developers how to create customized REST Web APIs using the ASP.NET framework and then how to deploy those APIs to WeiRuan-->WeiRuan's Azure cloud computing platform. It begins with a description of the REST protocol and an overview of ASP.NET controllers and models, followed by a discussion of the WeiRuan-->WeiRuan OWIN pipeline specification and how to write custom middleware to utilize that specification.